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How unqualified authority jeopardizes jobsite safety
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Does a ‘hierarchy of control’ within the workplace degrade the professionalism of skilled and trained workers? David Glabe discusses
SAIA crowns top team in Scaffold Builders Competition
Scaffold Resource takes home first place title at SAIA World of Concrete event
Has scaffold construction changed since the 1700s?
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David Glabe on how scaffold and construction engineering has and has not gone from “art” to “science”
Call for crews: SAIA Scaffold Builders Competition
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Scaffold teams will be judged on erection and dismantling speed, safety and teamwork 
Is your scaffold load path safe?
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David Glabe talks about the importance of load paths in scaffold design and engineering

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Scaffold sharpshooter
Access industry supremo Pistol Holliday describes a traditional industry that’s looking to the future
Project report: Restoring Maryland’s State House
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Scaffold Resource utilized 110,000 square feet of scaffolding on recent award-winning job
Registration open for annual scaffold conference and exhibition
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The SAIA Annual Convention & Exposition will take place in Denver this fall 
Scaffold accident – or perhaps not
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David Glabe addresses suspended scaffolding accidents and shoring collapses.
Column: Protecting workers from falling objects
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David Glabe provides ‘fun facts’ about falling object protection
Scaffold design by regulation
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Pop quiz: Does your scaffolding industry knowledge go beyond OSHA regulations?
Where’s the bracing?
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David Glabe explores why “confusion reigns supreme” when it comes to scaffold bracing
Scaffolding: Is it a plank? Or a platform?
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Is a scaffold without a platform a scaffold? Is a scaffold without planks still a scaffold? Industry veteran David Glabe weighs in
ANSI A11 Update
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The A11 Committee provides an update on a number of recent changes and four standards currently in development
Why ignorance is not bliss when it comes to scaffolding
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David Glabe asks: Since all workers involved with the design, erection and use of scaffolds must be trained, how is it that scaffolds are so poorly designed, erected and used?
StepUp opens Colombian factory
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Scaffolding manufacturer starts production from new Colombian facility
SAIA training, networking at World of Concrete
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Registration is now open for a number of training courses by the Scaffold & Access Industry Association for 2023’s World of Concrete
Registration open for 2023 SAIA Committee Week
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Annual meeting for scaffold and access industry professionals set for March 12-16 in Phoenix
Oh no, OSHA’s here!
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Lynn Ladder & Scaffolding Company’s President Alan D. Kline discusses all that went down when OSHA paid his company a visit recently
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